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- For his total of 149 missions during the two wars he received many medals!
- He served as a test pilot for naval and marine aircraft including the FH3 the F7U cutlass and the F8UCrusader!
- On February 20, 1962 atop an a atlas rocket he rode into space and piloted the Friendship 7 aircraft around the Earth three times becoming the first American to orbit the earth.
- He became a senator and represented Ohio.
- On October 29, 1998 he became the oldest human ever to go into space.